The authors of your textbook recommend locating original sources for information presented in the media. Which of the following statements is the best reason for locating original sources?
a. it gives you practice at searching the Internet for information
b. it allows you to visit the library on your college campus
c. it allows you to draw your own conclusions
d. it gives you a way to see if the source really exists
C
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The term whip, as it refers to one of the chief party leaders in Congress, comes from ______.
A. the colonial governance system, where those who voted against their parties were subjected to public whippings by a party officer B. the French parliament, where an early party activist who counted votes for the party was famous for his puffed, or whipped, pastries C. Great Britain, where the "whipper-in" keeps the hounds together in a pack during a foxhunt D. the Russian Duma, where early leaders who kept the party in line were fascinated with French culture and known for bringing whipped pastries to meetings
Explain the electoral college process. Does it work as the founders envisioned?
What will be an ideal response?
A researcher hypothesizes that individuals differ in support for a balanced budget amendment based upon their partisan affiliation. He controls for education level and finds that highly educated Democrats are 27 points less likely to support a balanced budget amendment than highly educated Republicans but Democrats with lower education are 2 points more likely to support a balanced budget than Republicans with lower education. What’s going on here?
a. An additive relationship between education and partisanship b. A spurious relationship between education and partisanship c. A zero-order relationship between education and partisanship d. An interaction between education and partisanship
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Modernization theory predicts that the likelihood of a transition to democracy increases with income, whereas the survival story predicts that the likelihood of becoming a democracy is unrelated to income. 2. Modernization theory predicts that the likelihood of a transition to democracy decreases with income, whereas the survival story predicts that transitions to dictatorship become more likely with income. 3. Foreign aid will have a detrimental effect on the recipient country’s economic development no matter what the size of the dictator’s winning coalition is: 4. States with high oil revenues tend to keep dictators in power because since dictators control national oil companies, they can effectively hide the country’s finances from the people. 5. According to the implications of the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty game in Chapter 6, we should expect that countries in which the state controls high levels of natural resources are more likely to be democratic than countries in which the state does not control high levels of natural resources.